From: Promoting cultural change towards dementia friendly communities: a multi-level intervention in Japan
 | Male | Female | ||||||||
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 | Pre_2016 (n = 1091) | Post_2019 (n = 1091) |  | Pre_2016 (n = 1542) | Post_2019 (n = 1605) |  | ||||
 | n/mean | %/SD | n/mean | %/SD | pa | n/mean | %/SD | n/mean | %/SD | pa |
Number of people who have in-person social interaction with friends ≥1/month | 412 | (38.8%) | 468 | (44.5%) | 0.0080 | 860 | (58.2%) | 925 | (60.2%) | 0.27 |
Number of people who have indirect social interaction with friends ≥1/month | 553 | (52.1%) | 586 | (55.5%) | 0.13 | 1048 | (70.5%) | 1095 | (71.4%) | 0.58 |
Number of people who are confident in living with dementia in the community | 362 | (34.1%) | 393 | (38.3%) | 0.030 | 462 | (30.9%) | 508 | (32.9%) | 0.24 |
Awareness of dementia symptoms | 2.96 | (0.78) | 2.99 | (0.73) | 0.35 | 3.03 | (0.73) | 3.04 | (0.67) | 0.88 |
Awareness of communication with people with dementia | 2.26 | (0.81) | 2.22 | (0.78) | 0.33 | 2.44 | (0.78) | 2.42 | (0.75) | 0.32 |
Awareness of contact person to consult with on dementia | 2.18 | (0.85) | 2.21 | (0.83) | 0.41 | 2.31 | (0.85) | 2.36 | (0.83) | 0.15 |